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Canon’s first 100ppm imagePRESS C10000VP has been installed at Allahabad’s Classic Printers. Mr. Puneet Datta, Director, Canon India
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Another key installation in the Digital Printing arena is at Trigon Digital Solutions of Mumbai. Trigon is a leading name in brand and packaging
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All In Print China 2018
- enter the era of intelligent printing

The first press conference of the 7th All in Print
China was held on May 10th 2017 in Beijing,
where the official initiation of the preparation work
of All in Print China 2018 was announced. Over a
hundred guests were present at the conference, and
included representatives from local and international
associations, media and leading companies who
witnessed the grand inauguration of All in Print China
2018.
On October 24-28, 2018, the 7th All in Print China
will be held in Shanghai New International Expo
Center. There will be 8 thematic pavilions in line with
the popular topics, including pavilions for digital
pre-press, comprehensive printing, post press
converting, packaging equipment, ink & innovative
materials, label industry, flexo printing technology and
innovation factory. The area of AIP 2018 will reach
110,000m2, and it is expected to attract more than
1,000 exhibitors and 100,000 visitors to attend the
event.

Digital Pre-press Pavilion
In 2015, the global market value of the digital printing
accounts for 13.9% of that of the printing and
packaging industry, and the figure is expected to
reach 17.4% in 2020. Thanks to the cloud computing,

The area of AIP 2018 will
reach 110,000m2, and it is
expected to attract more
than 1,000 exhibitors and
100,000 visitors to attend
the event.

Key Notes :
> First press conference
of the event took
place on May 10th in
Beijing.
> The 7th All in Print
China takes place
during 24-28 October
next year.
> Many special pavilions
at the event to
deal with different
segments.

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big data, and mobile Internet technology, the digital
printing industry is entering a new domain with
huge market potential, high added value and has
quickly merged with the traditional printing industry.
With the rapid development of digital technology,
the pre-press process has become more and more
digitalized. A digital work-flow featuring computer
integration has come into being, CTP technology
has been widely used, and the digitalized revolution
has penetrated into the traditional printing industry.
In the Digital Pre-press Pavilion, visitors will acquaint
themselves with the new trend of digital printing, try
its new application, explore new opportunities and
grasp new digital technology for pre-press.

Comprehensive Printing Pavilion
With the successive slide of international market,
especially when China, the printing powerhouse,
enters the new normal featuring slowed growth
and intensified adjustment, the outdated capacity
will be forced out of market gradually, and the
high-end printing equipment, as well as innovative
equipment with digital, smart and green features
will be the routine of the industry. Due to rising
human cost for printing services, printing enterprises
have tried to benefit from the equipment, so it is
inevitable that more intelligent, automated equipment

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deeper in the production. In this pavilion,
visitors will find all kinds of innovative and
environmentally friendly printing supplies,
such as paper, plates, ink, etc.

Label Industry Pavilion

will be employed in transformation and
upgrading of enterprises. Printing equipment
manufacturers, through more research
and innovative technology materials and
improved automation, have seen noticeable
progress in technical level.
The Comprehensive Printing Pavilion will
showcase the latest findings on the offset
printer and related technologies and
solutions.

Post-press Converting Pavilion
The development of science and technology
and the fierce competition of the market call
for development of printing in a faster, better
and cheaper direction. After the pre-press
and printing begin digital, intelligent and
online operation, post-press converting
has become the bottleneck restricting the
rapid development of the printing industry.
Therefore, the automated and intelligent
post-press converting is of great significance
for the entire printing industry. Now the
digital technology has revolutionized the
postpress toward automation and intelligent
operation: automatic connection for higher
quality and efficiency; the surface finishing
and diversified processes (cutting, polishing,
stamping, embossing) for higher value. In
this pavilion, you will have a close contact
with the era of post-press converting 4.0.

Packaging Equipment Pavilion
With the development of food, cosmetic
and other packaging applications, the
global packaging market is growing. The
data show that in 2016, the output of global

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packaging industry increased to about $820
billion. Among them, the paper packaging
will continue to lead the global packaging
market, with the total output value nearly
reaching $250 billion, while the rigid plastic
package output value was over $200 billion,
and that of soft packaging rose to $163
billion. The booming packaging market
offers excellent opportunity for packaging
equipment suppliers. How can international
brands expand in emerging markets and
how can Chinese manufacturing enterprises
improve the equipment automation, and
intelligence and fine operation to reach the
international level in terms of technology?
This Pavilion will showcase the sophisticated
domestic and international packaging
equipment. At the same time, there will be an
area specifically for corrugated equipment,
focusing on technical solutions of advanced
corrugated packaging.

Ink & Innovative Materials
Pavilion
With the increasing awareness of
environmental protection, green printing is
the inevitable trend of the printing industry.
The development and application of
environmentally friendly printing materials
can effectively promote the development of
green printing, and help printing companies
to generate more value-added ideas. Green
materials have become a consensus in the
industry, but the use of green materials is just
at a primitive stage of the green application.
In the future more attention should be paid to
innovating the new green auxiliary materials,
thus making the green concept penetrate

Statistics show that, in 2015, China’s total
output value of the label printing industry
surpassed 35 billion yuan, up 7.8% in
contrast to 2014, while the total output of
selfadhesive materials surpassed 4.6 billion
m2, up 5.6% over the previous year. From a
global perspective, the growth rate of label
market in the Asia Pacific region is by far over
the global average, being the fastest growing
market as well. It is expected that by 2019,
the global label market value will increase
from $32.7 billion in 2014 to $41.6 billion.
Asia, the world’s largest label printing market,
will account for 41% of the global label
market share. The Label Industry Pavilion will
be an epitome of Asian label printing industry.

Flexo Technology Pavilion
Flexo printing technology has developed for
over 30 years in China. Flexographic printing
only had an insignificant market share in the
past for its poor quality in comparison with
that of the offset printing. With progress in
equipment and technology, however, the
flexo printing quality has greatly improved
and gradually entered the rank of high
quality printing. Besides, it shows distinctive
advantage in efficiency, environmental
protection, safety and health, so it is gaining
increasingly higher market awareness and
acceptance. Today, flexo printing technology
has been able to compete with offset
printing, gravure printing, embossing and
digital printing technology in many areas, and
China’s flexo market will usher in a new era
of development. Flexo Technology Pavilion
will familiarize you with the best practice and
application of the flexo printing technology.

Innovation Factory
“Innovation Factory” made its debut in the
6th All in Print China in 2016, enchanting
visitors with 30 printing and packaging
solutions, 24 sharing speeches, frontier
application scheme and exquisite booth
design in an exhibition area of 1,500m2. The
Innovation Factory will continue to delve into
such topics the cultural creativity of printing,
green environment, future technology, 3D fab
+ print, intelligent manufacturing and Internet
Plus, focusing on the latest technology,
application and future of the printing industry.

In Nové Mesto, Slovakia, MK Masterwork produces Diana folder gluers. The factory, with a workforce of 130,
is currently being significantly developed once more and aims to double its production capacity.

Last month Heidelberg and MK Masterwork
launched the new folder gluer model, the Diana Easy,
simultaneously at China Print in Beijing and at a
dedicated packaging event in Wiesloch, Germany. On
June 1st, more than 40 customers were able to visit
the MK Masterwork factory at an open house event
held in Nové Mesto, Slovakia and see where and how
the new machine is manufactured.
The Diana Easy is the latest model to be produced
in the Nové Mesto factory which has a history of
manufacturing modules as well as entire Diana
folder gluers for the Postpress Packaging market
segment going back more than 30 years. The site
is ideally located to supply customers not only in
central Europe but also throughout the world, thanks
to Heidelberg’s extensive distribution network. The
plant’s capacity was greatly increased by Heidelberg
following its acquisition of the site in 2003. Operating
under the MK Masterwork banner since 2016 with 130
employees, the factory is currently undergoing further
significant development by the Chinese partner to
double production capacity to handle the demand
for the new Diana Easy, for the existing Diana Smart
and Diana X machines as well as new products

planned for introduction over the coming months. MK
Masterwork will install a new portal milling machine at
the site in the fall and a new ERP system went live at
the beginning of the year, both part of an ongoing MK
Masterwork program to shorten manufacturing times
and increase production capacity.

Diana Easy meets customers needs for
flexibility and productivity
Designed by the MK Masterwork team in Neuss,

More than 40 customers attended the MK Masterwork open house event in Nové Mesto, where the new Diana Easy was introduced.
The two MK Masterwork Managing Directors, Frank Schmid (left) and Miroslav Svec, presented the facts and figures about the site.

Germany and built in Nové Mesto, the Diana
Easy is a new machine but with a heritage
that stretches back almost 60 years through
many proven Diana models. The Diana Easy
features functions from the top-of-the-range
Diana X as well as generous throughput up
to 350 m/min. One of the key design criteria
for the Diana Easy was to develop a truly
modular machine that will allow customers
to extend the capacity of the folder gluer as
the needs of their business change. Adding
features such as the ability to produce 4/6
corner boxes or an inline ejection functionality
can be retrofitted to the machine at a later
stage. The Diana Easy also comes at a
very attractive price for packaging and
commercial printers as well as postpress
specialists looking to replace older less
productive machines or develop new
products or markets.

Successful partnership between
Heidelberg and MK Masterwork
It has only been two and a half years since
Heidelberg and MK Masterwork signed a
partnership agreement to work together to
develop and distribute postpress machines
for packaging customers, and yet the results
achieved have already been outstanding for
both companies. Heidelberg has achieved its

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The new Diana Easy is produced in Nové Mesto.
The folder gluer is truly modular and meets customers needs for flexibility and productivity.

best sales ever in die cutters over the last 12
months and with the introduction of the Diana
Easy the company expects this performance
to be repeated in the folder gluer area as
well.
The long-term success of the partnership
is founded on the perfect fit between
the two companies’ core strengths. MK
Masterwork is the largest manufacturer of
postpress equipment in the Asian region.
As the extensive development of the Nové
Mesto site shows, MK Masterwork has
invested heavily in the manufacturing
and R&D capacity needed to meet the
demands of customers in the packaging

market. Heidelberg’s global sales and
service network is the largest in the
industry and therefore provides a perfect
distribution channel for MK Masterwork.
Heidelberg also has decades of experience
in the development of print and postpress
machines.
The Nové Mesto site has delivered many
hundreds of machines to the global
packaging industry over the past thirty years.
The ongoing investment by its new owner
MK Masterwork means that many more
packaging companies will be able to benefit
from the highly productive Diana folder gluers
it produces over the years to come.

For Heidelberg, the Nové Mesto factory produces impression cylinders.

Bright colours in “green” print products
hubergroup offers a wide product range for
offset printing certified according to the Cradle to
Cradle principle

The environmental label Cradle to
Cradle follows the concept to certify
products that can feed back into
biological or technical cycles when
their life cycle has come to an end.
With regard to print production,
finished print products will either
be recycled or introduced into the
biological cycle as compostable
waste.
The printing ink manufacturer
hubergroup has developed a wide
range of products that has been
tested and approved according to
the Cradle to Cradle standards. In
order to obtain this certification, the
independent environmental institute EPEA assessed the ink manufacturing
process with regard to its eco-management relating to responsible
handling of energy and water resources, and hubergroup’s corporate social
responsibility.
The assessed and approved printing inks are based on renewable vegetable
oils, are formulated cobalt-free and meet the deinkability criteria in line
with test method INGEDE 11 along with the specifications of the European
Recovered Paper Council (ERPC). The portfolio includes process and special
colour inks for conventional offset printing.
“Our printing inks, certified according to Cradle to Cradle, enable the printing
company to produce ecologically optimized print products”, emphasizes
Bernd Groh, Head of Product Management for Commercial Sheetfed Inks
Europe at hubergroup Deutschland GmbH. “With this offer, we are enabling
our customers to enter new markets, as the demand for print products with a
small ecological footprint is increasing.”

Télé Star, the first French magazine to use softproofing in gravure printing
Mondadori, Lenglet printers and DALIM SOFTWARE make Télé Star the first French magazine to use
softproofing in gravure printing.
Initiated by William Lenglet, President
of the LENGLET Printing Group, and
Dominique Aymard, Director of Industrial
Operations at MONDADORI France, Lenglet
and Mondadori announce that they have
introduced the first softproofing solution
involved in the creation of a print magazine
in France: the weekly Télé Star. As a result
of a three-way partnership with DALIM
SOFTWARE, this project, begun at the end of
2016, is now operational.
Sylvain Boularand, Prepress Manager at
Mondadori France, states: “Mondadori
France has been printing Lenglet Imprimeurs’
Télé Star helio notebook since the beginning
of January 2017. It previously involved a
weekly exchange of proofs by courier from
Montrouge (Hauts-de-Seine) to Cambrai
(North). We wanted to discontinue paper
proofs and use on-line monitor authorizations
through the use of softproofing—built around
solutions and common applications shared
between Lenglet and us. The choice of
softproofing meets technical, organizational,
economic and environmental challenges for
Mondadori.”
Jean-Philippe Mas, project manager of
Editorial Informatics at Mondadori France,
explains: “Regarding the technical aspect,
DALIM ES software is a reference application
on the market for monitor-based validation.
Now that ES is deployed for flatplan
management on 46 titles at Mondadori, we
are entering a second softproofing phase.
With DALIM SOFTWARE it is now a three-way
project that triggers this change process.
Thanks to precise replication tools, DALIM
DIALOGUE Engine, integrated within DALIM
ES, brings, simulation of the final printed
newspaper not on paper, but on the screen.
Along with DALIM ES 5, the arrival of DALIM
LATITUDE brings more functionality between
DALIM SOFTWARE’s web applications and
our operating system and enhances the user
experience for softproofing.
“With Lenglet printers, we have agreed
not only on the software piece, but also
on common hardware. We acquired Eizo
ColorEdge CG 277 monitors and Just
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can integrate
with a calibrated
screen. This
allows us to
compare the
printed samples,
placed under
normalized neutral
light, next to their
corresponding
softproofs on the
monitor. In practice,
we define a common
characterization
profile: brightness,
black point, white
point, RGB. A
spectrophotometer
connected to the
monitor makes it
possible to regularly
check the accurate reproduction of
the characterized parameters and,
if necessary, to return to the initial
settings. Same screens, same luminous
environment, same figures, same control
system—this ensures an identical rendering
between both Mondadori and Lenglet
printers.”
François-Xavier Luchart, Lenglet Site Director
for rotogravure, confirms: “The collaboration
between Lenglet printers and Mondadori
France was driven by innovation and
progress. We have addressed the matter in
an innovative working way, by production
information-sharing. Softproofing was
immediately considered in a virtual way. At
Lenglet printers, softproofing began in 2006,
but customers were not ready. When we
received this request from Mondadori, we
greeted it with enthusiasm! To benefit from
the most optimal situation, we chose to apply
parallel hardware choices (monitor, light box)
and calibration procedures. By doing this, we
are guaranteed of total consistency. “
Sylvain Boularand continues: “As far as the
organizational aspect is concerned, before
we had to print proofs, prepare flats for the
courier and wait for them to be sent to the
printer. The printer sorted them out and sent
them to the gravure press responsible for

printing the Télé Star. Next came questions of
storage, archiving and removing content after
a certain time limit. This extensive workflow
is now replaced by simply validating the
pages on screen in a dedicated environment
at Lenglet printers, controlled by DALIM ES.
ES also adds the benefit of confidentiality of
content, in the case of sensitive information,
thanks to its extensive access rights
settings.”
“On the economic side,” explains Mas, “we
eliminate courier delivery costs between
Mondadori France and Lenglet printers
(nearly 200 km), as well as consumables
related to paper proofs (support, inks,
maintenance, software). Paper proofs have
become unnecessary and will be unavailable
to the editorial staff. The environmental
aspect is undeniable: by eliminating the
weekly courier, we inevitably consume less
carbon dioxide. Moreover, the creation of
screen proofs in the ES ecosystem costs
far less energy to produce than the system
required to obtain a paper proof.”

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François-Xavier Luchart, for Lenglet printers,
concurs: “DALIM SOFTWARE, an expert in
the integration between printer and publisher,
was crucial in our collaboration and in
maintaining a synchronized workflow. We
have very good experience—and have a very
good technical and personal relationship—
with DALIM SOFTWARE. With our partners
Mondadori and DALIM SOFTWARE, we
intend, through the implementation of new
shared procedures, to proceed even further
with our softproofing system.”

in France to develop a standardized and
shared procedure for softproofing in a
magazine. Additional research and general
implementation of procedures would enable
other publishers to seize this opportunity.
This would make it possible to evolve
the current, rather ineffective, ISO 12646
standard relating to ‘displays for carrying out
color proofs’. We hope that the combined
experience of Mondadori, Lenglet printers
and DALIM SOFTWARE contribute to this
approach.”

For Mondadori, Sylvain Boularand
concludes: “Mondadori is the first publisher

“We are pleased to support Mondadori and
Lenglet printers in this innovative approach

for a French press magazine,” says Isabelle
Billerey-Rayel, Business Development
Director of DALIM SOFTWARE GmbH. “The
DALIM ES solution has been Fogra-certified
since 2009. It guarantees the high quality
standards we set for all our applications.
The softproofing of DALIM ES has been
deployed for the production of high-quality
catalog and art books. With Mondadori, the
publishing world in France has reached a
new milestone.”

World Press Trends 2017
The audience-focused era arrives
“We used to trade in attention. But trust is
our new currency,” Mr. Peyrègne said. “Any
decline in trust erodes the foundation of our
business: credible, first-rate journalism.”
The World Press Trends survey includes data
from more than 70 countries, accounting for
more than 90 per cent of the global industry’s
value. The data is provided by dozens
of national newspaper and news media
associations, with additional information
coming from global suppliers: Zenith, IPSOS,
PwC and Chartbeat.

The audience-centric era
A fundamental shift in the newspaper
business model took place two years ago,
when reader revenue became the biggest
source of revenue for news publishers.
The results of WAN-IFRA’s annual survey
depict an industry that is increasingly building
loyal audiences around its high-quality
journalism, as the shift to reader-based
revenue continues.
In its 2017 World Press Trends study,
WAN-IFRA estimates that 56 percent of
newspapers’ overall revenue came from
circulation sales (print and digital) in 2016.
“The shift from advertising to reader-based
revenue is reshaping the fundamentals of
our industry,” said WAN-IFRA CEO Vincent
Peyrègne who presented the key findings
from the global study at the 69th World News
Media Congress and 24th World Editors

Forum in Durban, South Africa.
“We have entered a pivotal moment,” he
continued, “and more than ever our focus
needs to be on our audience and producing
high-quality, engaging journalism.”

Trust is the new currency
Interestingly, this trend continues to emerge
at a time when survey after survey reveals
that people around the world are not only
losing their trust in media, but societal
institutions in general. “The decline in trust is
the biggest risk we face as an industry, and
all our efforts must be with the aim of getting
it back,” Mr. Peyrègne said.

Global digital circulation revenues grew by
28 percent from 2015 to 2016, and a full 300
per cent from 2012 to 2016, with the trend
expected to continue.
Despite that, total global newspaper
revenues fell 2.1 percent in 2016 from a year
earlier, and are down 7.8 percent over the
last five years.
Advertising revenues continue to decline in
most markets, although there are notable
exceptions in Asia, Africa and Latin America,
and rates of decline vary greatly between
different markets.

Start-up Park is the new exclusive business
platform which allows the next generation
of tech entrepreneurs and start-ups to meet
and engage with the global network of media
executives attending the incoming DCX
Digital Content Expo (Berlin, 10 to 12 October
2017). The start-up Park will accelerate the
dissemination of creative solutions needed
to boost the innovation potential of media
organisations.
The geography and process of innovation
are now more open, collaborative and
disperse than ever. Innovation efforts in the
news media industry are simultaneously
more globalised and more localised while
the increasing variety of players contributes
to enrich the innovation landscape. But the
separate efforts, prototypes and roll-outs
by hundreds of different tech companies
get inconsistent attention and analysis. Vital
lessons and examples are not being widely
enough or rapidly enough disseminated.

Advancing innovative
technologies to the market
With its Start-up Park, WAN-IFRA’s DCX
Digital Content Expo brings those companies
together in a central and accessible place:
the exhibition is a unique environment for
early stage start-ups to engage with a global
network of thousands of media executives
from around the world. Its goal is to rapidly
advance innovative technologies and talents
to the market and lead to better economy of
scales for news publishers. The new area is
designed to promote new ideas of start-ups

and connect them with potential customers
(media executives) and incubators. Young
tech companies (less than 3 years on the
market) have the opportunity to exhibit their
solutions at attractive special conditions. It
combines networking opportunities, series of
30-minutes lectures and pitches. WAN-IFRA
will celebrate the best of show in a special
start-up contest held during the Expo.
“The success of media companies is to
a large extent driven by the collaboration
capabilities of all parties involved. We
are proud to contribute to this essential
collaboration work that unlocks the
innovation potential of tech entrepreneurs
with outstanding creative solutions but a lack
of market access to commercialise them
successfully”, says Vincent Peyregne, CEO
of WAN-IFRA and founder of GAMI. “WANIFRA believes that traditional news publishers
need to evolve from a culture that is insular,
guarded and top-down in its decision making
to one that is collaborative, intellectually
curious and data and tech driven. The Startup Park is one of the initiatives of our Global
Alliance for Media Innovation that helps news
media organisations to shift their business in
a constructive and collaborative way”, adds
Peyregne.
“Looking at the wide range of innovations
happening today, driven by the smartest
and most creative entrepreneurial minds
in Europe, we get a feel for the changes
Europe’s media sector is going through”
says Max von Abendroth, founder of Future
Media Lab. “Journalism media faces new
challenges in the digital sphere as the
audiences move to new channels, it is
making its trusted content accessible for a
wider range of audiences, and it is exploring
new ways of monetizing media content.

Start-ups presented in Berlin in October offer
forward-looking solutions. The Future Media
Lab. is very happy to facilitate a successful
matchmaking in the media innovation
space.”

From innovative ad-tech tools to
new forms of narrative
The Start-up Park will focus on innovations
that combine short-term and long-term
priorities for news organisations to move
into an era dominated by innovative adtech tools, new forms of narrative and
engagement with the audience like virtual
and augmented reality, artificial intelligence,
automated generation of content.
Furthermore, entrepreneurs will present the
next generation of productivity tools powered
by machine learning, predictive analytics,
and business models for the monetisation of
digital content.
PandaSuite, for example, offers a solution
to create an app without any coding skills.
The start-up provides an online studio for
creating all kinds of interactive stories,
communication tools, magazines or games.
Another start-up represented at the exhibition
is Apollo: Based on extensive studies in
the field of artificial intelligence, Apollo
developed tools that help media companies
to automate labour-intensive jobs like PDF
segmentation or article clustering. Ownpage
uses an algorithm for personalisation: Its
software allows news companies to show
readers stories based on their reading habits
and what other similar users are reading.
Additionally, users can build personalized
email newsletters.
The start-up Park is a joint initiative by WANIFRA’s Global Alliance for Media Innovation
(GAMI), and the Future Media Lab that is
hosted by EMMA, the European Magazine
Association.

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WAN-IFRA’s International Color Quality Club includes magazines

For the first time since its launch in 1994, the
WAN-IFRA International Color Quality Club is
allowing the participation of magazines. The
next round of the worldwide quality printing
competition, 2018–2020, is open to all
newspapers and magazines:
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Printing higher-value products and
periodicals has become a global trend. From
Canada to Australia, newspaper printers
are bringing the production of magazines
into their portfolio. So it was only logical to
include magazines in the Color Quality Club
as well.
Registration is now open for the next session,
International Color Quality Club 2018–2020.
Early registrants benefit from a free PreCheck in the autumn of this year. Publications
from Belgium, Brazil, Colombo, Finland,
Germany, Malaysia and Panama are already
registered.
The biennial WAN-IFRA International Color
Quality Club is the only worldwide newspaper
and magazine print quality competition. It is
based on objective measurement and the
judgement of international industry experts.
ISO printing standards are the foundation of
the evaluation.
The next test period will run under the motto
“Fly higher by proving your great color
printing” through March 2018. Results will
be announced in June, and club members
will be honoured in October 2018 at the IFRA
World Publishing Expo in Berlin.

digital
printing

Heidelberg takes over a Fujifilm operation
The sheetfed giant takes over Fujifilm’s coatings and pressroom chemicals operations in the EMEA region

By taking over the coatings and pressroom chemicals
operations in the EMEA region of its strategic partner
Fujifilm Europe BV, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen
AG (Heidelberg) is expanding into the attractive
growth segment for consumables. This transaction
is another step in pursuing the company’s growth
strategy of developing a fully comprehensive
cross-sector portfolio that is geared toward specific
customer requirements. Fujifilm will continue to focus
on supplying total pressroom solutions to plate
customers.

“Taking over the coatings
and pressroom chemicals
operations of Fujifilm
in EMEA is helping us
become a digital company
and enabling us to offer
our customers a fully
comprehensive portfolio
ranging from technology
to consumables and
service.”
- Rainer Hundsdörfer

At the start of the new financial year 2017/18, as
previously announced, Heidelberg adapted its
structure to its digital future. This move saw the
Heidelberg Digital Technology (HDT) and Heidelberg
Digital Business & Services (HDB) segments
established on April 1, 2017. HDT combines
operations in sheetfed offset, label printing, and
postpress and is responsible for developing,
producing, and marketing the appropriate
technologies and products for new business models.
HDB, meanwhile, is where Heidelberg will manage
its operations in services, consumables, remarketed

equipment, digital printing technology, and solutions
throughout the value-added chain. The expansion the
company is pursuing in consumables and the design
and implementation of new business models are
helping to extend this value creation for customers.
“We are systematically gearing our portfolio towards
profitable growth,” says Rainer Hundsdörfer, CEO of
Heidelberg. “Taking over the coatings and pressroom
chemicals operations of Fujifilm in EMEA is helping us
become a digital company and enabling us to offer
our customers a fully comprehensive portfolio ranging
from technology to consumables and service.”
This transaction further expands the Heidelberg
consumables portfolio following the acquisition of UK
coating manufacturer Hi-Tech Coatings in 2008 and
the buyout of BluePrint in 2014. “We want to become
the world’s leading supplier of consumables in our
industry in the medium term,” says Hundsdörfer.
The acquired operations account for a sales volume
of approx. euro 25 million. Heidelberg roughly trebles
its previous sales of pressroom chemicals and has

Key Notes :
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Key step in pursuit
of strategy aimed at
cross-sector portfolio
for EMEA customers.

Heidelberg takes over Fujifilm’s coatings and pressroom chemicals operations in the EMEA region, production site in Kruibeke, Belgium.

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Reutlingen, Germany, and Kruibeke, Belgium,
which employ a total of about 70 staff. Thus,
Heidelberg expands its market position
for consumables in the high demand print
products market of surface finishing and
personalization. The transaction is expected
to complete by July 2017.

Focusing on Heidelberg
customer needs

Heidelberg takes over Fujifilm’s coatings and pressroom
chemicals operations in the EMEA region,
production site in Reutlingen, Germany.

a market share of around 10 percent in
Europe. In the coatings sector, Heidelberg is
expected to become one of the world’s top
five suppliers as a result of this move.
The acquisition, among other things, includes
the takeover of both production sites in

“Through our portfolio of high-quality
consumables, we are making a productivity
promise to our customers. By not only
distributing these products but increasingly
producing them ourselves and offering them
in tandem with our equipment and service
solutions, we can tailor this performance
promise to the specific needs of our
customers,” explains Dr. Ulrich Hermann,
Head of Heidelberg Digital Business &
Services.
The takeover complements the Heidelberg

range of environmentally friendly Saphira
printing chemicals from subsidiary BluePrint
Products NV. It also reinforces business
with Saphira coatings for rising customer
requirements in digital printing and in
the expanding package printing sector.
Heidelberg’s customers in EMEA will also
benefit from a wider portfolio and specialist
application expertise from the company as
both a manufacturer and distributor of highquality coatings and pressroom chemicals.
Furthermore, they will have access to a wide
distribution and service network in the sector.
“As a full-service solutions provider,
Heidelberg aims to boost productivity
throughout the entire print shop. This will
be achieved through IT and data expertise
combined with the intelligent interlinking of
equipment, services, and consumables, all
delivered via one platform. It is against this
backdrop that we are specifically expanding
our expertise,” concludes Hermann.

75 years of passion for folding-gluing
In 2017, it will be seventy-five years since
BOBST started designing and producing
folder-gluer machines for the packaging
industry.
One of the very first such machines, a
PCR382, was set up in 1942 at the Zeiler
company near Bern, Switzerland. This same
company, which under its current name,
LimmatdruckZeiler, is now an extremely
successful part of one of Europe’s leading
manufacturers of folding boxes — the RLC
Packaging Group —is, to this day, still a
BOBST client.
What began in 1942 is very much a
success story. Thanks to their reputation for
consistently high box quality and outstanding
performance, BOBST folder-gluers have
imposed themselves as the benchmark for
the folding carton and corrugated packaging
industries. And today’s client can purchase
complete folding-gluing lines. They combine
highly configurable machines with top-ofthe-range peripherals to provide integrated
and automated solutions for anything the
customer might need.

equipment and processes — many of which
are still patented and unique to the sector.
For all of those 75 years, BOBST foldergluers have continually evolved through the
roll-out of ground-breaking new technologies
such as, the blank aligner, the crash-lock
module, four-corner box folding systems,
the flipper-ejector, as well as GYROBOX for
the production of complex boxes in a single
run, Braille embossing and zero-fault quality
checks, in-line and at full running speed.

increasingly stringent quality requirements
across a whole range of packaging
markets. We are continually developing the
sophisticated materials and technologies that
allow us to deliver all this, while maintaining
the same reliability and longevity as those
very first machines.”It is this ability to respond
to client needs through constant innovation
that has earned BOBST its dominant position
in the folder-gluer market, such as the sector
of e-commerce.

Philippe Milliet, Head of Business Unit
Sheet-fed, explains, “The success of
our folder-gluer equipment over the past
seventy-five years is the proof that passion
and innovation are part of our DNA. Over the
years, customers have demanded equipment
that runs faster and faster, is more and more
efficient, and can deliver boxes that meet

Today, BOBST folder-gluers are sold
worldwide, often locally produced for different
markets. Founded in 1890 by Joseph Bobst
in Lausanne, Switzerland, BOBST has a
presence in more than 50 countries, runs
12 production facilities in 8 countries and
employs more than 5 000 people around the
world.

BOBST has consistently invested around
6% of its annual turnover into research
and development. This has allowed the
company to develop innovative new systems,

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digital
printing

Canon’s first imagePRESS C10000VP
installed in Allahabad
Classic Printers, one of the leading printers in the city, installs the new Canon press at their production
print facility inaugurated by Mr. Puneet Datta of Canon India.
Canon’s first 100ppm colour digital press,
imagePRESS C10000VP has been installed at
Allahabad recently. The machine is installed at M/s
Classic Printers, renowned printing organization in the
city. The production print facility was inaugurated by
Mr. Puneet Datta, Director, Canon India.
Superior quality, productivity and efficiency of Canon
products, have always reaffirmed the customer’s
credibility in them. Canon imagePress C10000VP
since its launch has been a differentiator in the digital
press segment, addressing the evolving demands
of the professional printing space. Post installing the
Canon imagePRESS C10000VP, customers across
the country have witnessed close to 40% rise in their
revenues which proves the profitable business model
this press brings to the printers.

The imagePRESS
C10000VP comes
with 2400 x 2440 dpi
resolution, a choice of
new front end controllers
based on EFI Fiery FS200
Pro Platform enables the
product to streamline
the workflow and media
handling capabilities from
60 gsm to 350 gsm.

Sharing his thoughts at the second installation of
the machine in Uttar Pradesh, Mr. Puneet Datta,
Director, Professional Printing Products (PPP), Canon
India said, “Markets are in the process of transition
from print-first to digital-first and hence, the future of
paper and print will be determined by how printing
organisations reinvent themselves in the digital-first
universe. Non-metro cities have been witnessing a
high growth in adoption of technologies and even

in printing printers want to embrace the latest and
best technologies available in the market place and
Canon is the first choice for such printers. The time
of embrace digital is ‘now’ for such cities and printing
organisations. As the ‘best in class’ the imagePRESS
C10000VP colour digital press is a landmark product
in the Professional Print segment. It has been
instrumental in allowing our customers to exploit
the growth in the colour production market while
harnessing the tremendous growth and opportunities
digital printing has to offer. Constantly evolving and
innovating to stay ahead, Classic Printers is one such
market leader that has elevated their services with
this installation.”
“We have always considered our customers as the
motivating force to continuously innovate and bring
out new products and service offerings with the vision
of partnering together for success. We are eager to
support all our customers in moving up the value
chain. With the installation today, Classic Printers has
taken a step ahead in setting new standards in image
quality and productivity.”
Sharing his experience at the launch, Mr. Joginder
Gupta, Owner, Classic Printers, said, “We started
as a small unit almost ten years back and over the

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years, with support of partners like Canon
we have developed in the space of print,
service and design. We are a professionally
run firm, dedicated to deliver quality work
on a wide range of communication. With
our in house professional photography and
graphic designing department, we provide
our customers, economical and high quality
prints. Canon has played an imperative role
in contributing towards our growth and we
are confident that imagePRESS C10000VP
with its state of the art technology will further
strengthen our endeavour of increased and
effective customer outreach.”
The imagePRESS C10000VP comes with
2400 x 2440 dpi resolution, a choice of new
front end controllers based on EFI Fiery
FS200 Pro Platform enables the product to
streamline the workflow and media handling
capabilities from 60 gsm to 350 gsm.
Engineered to deliver production printing

excellence for the business advantage of its
users, it is designed to meet the increasing
demand from both commercial and in-house
print service providers (PSPs) for higher
production volumes without compromising
on quality. It can help commercial printers,
in-plants, production hubs, direct mail
and transaction print service providers to
produce a broader range of applications in
shorter turnaround times.With its high quality
printing, steady colour and efficiency it has
garnered major attention in the Indian print
market in less than a year’s time, thereby,

setting a benchmark in the digital colour
printing segment.
The imagePRESS C10000VP Series can
deliver outstanding customer output while
also provide benefits through its impressive
productivity and reliability. It features intuitive
operation and can help maximize uptime
with automated calibration. As a future
ready printer, manufactured to cater to the
dynamic needs of the market, imagePRESS
C10000VP colour digital press is a landmark
product in the Professional Print segment.

Konica Minolta reinforces its industrial printing line up with the
launch of Accurio Press C2070/2060
The Printing line offers a blend of technology, cost efficiency and high quality print outputs to help
businesses maximise their profits.

Konica Minolta has added two new presses,
AccurioPress C2070/2060 to its portfolio
of cutting edge printing solutions. The
AccurioPress C2070/ C2060 machine comes
as the successor of bizhub PRESS C1070/
C1060 and is an ideal solution to cater to
mid-range digital color printing jobs. The
solution has been launched with significant
upgrades and refinements as compared
to its predecessors and offers complete
scalability to meet the growing requirements
of printing businesses and enhance
productivity.
AccurioPress C2070/ 2060 offers trend
setting features and technology including
a high speed dual scanning at speeds up
to 240 ipm for hard-copy originals; 1200 x
1200 DPI resolution with 8-bit processing for
smoother, more realistic images; enhanced

AccurioPress C2070/C2060 are also
equipped with Open API, offering a
coherent compatibility with solutions from
other vendors including authentication,
scan routing, accounting, Nuance eCopy
ShareScan etc.

AccurioPress C2070/ C2060 is equipped with
the best in class 300 GSM Auto-Duplex and
can also print on media upto 350 GSM. The
machine is capable to take media sizes upto
47 inches. Konica Minolta strives to bring all
the features of the higher production devices
in their entry level machines to enable the
same features on the entry production
systems. This adds to the flexibility for our
customers and equips them with all the
features to cater to wide variety of the needs
from the customers.

‘’Our new AccurioPress C2070/C2060
series will enable printing businesses to
tap new markets and opportunities with its
industry leading applications. The production
machines offer print outputs of the highest
quality and are extremely scalable for varied
customer demands. We are confident that
with this launch, Konica Minolta will play a
pivotal role in transforming the digital printing
segment in India,’’ said Daisuke Mori, MD,
Konica Minolta India.

It is also armed with the enhanced Simitri
HDE toner for superior halftone and skin-tone
reproduction, with biomass plant-based
material to reduce environmental impact and
SEAD V Screen-Enhancing Active Digital
Processing System continuously maintains
image stability.

Konica Minolta will now brand each of its
Digital Printing Solutions as Accurio in
place of bizhub, while AccurioPress will now
replace bizhub PRESS for flagship Digital
Production Printing devices.

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printing

Faster & Better with Xerox:
High quality Versant 80 production at Speed Print
The latest Xerox Versant 80 duo at Speed Print is not only to boost sales figures by 25-30 % within a
year, but the digital portfolio also fuels their target to be at the top by 2025.
Speed Print based out of Kolkata was established
in 1978. Today, it is one of the leading providers
of digital printing services in Eastern India. Since
inception, it has been in the digital printing business
and offers a vast range of services like designing
and printing of corporate brochures, calendars,
greeting cards, visiting cards, certificates, manuals
etc. to a wide retail customer base exceeding 600+
customers. Besides, customers in the corporate
sector include Spencers, CII, Hiland, ICICI Prudential
and Indian Chamber of Commerce, to name a few.
Speed Print stepped on its growth path in 1983
with the introduction of the concept name ‘XEROX
OFFSET’. This proved a launch pad for Speed Print,
after which the company constantly kept upgrading
itself into pre-press, press and post press every
2-3 years, keeping pace with the technological

With Xerox Versant 80
presses up and running,
Speed Print is specially
equipped to tap the VDP
growth. The installed
capacity now stands at
more than 50,000 12x18
prints which allows them
to target more market
share and give superior
quality of prints to their
customers.

Key Notes :
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The two Xerox Versant
80 presses to bring
25 – 30% growth on
sales within the first
year.

> Aims to become the
largest Digital print
production company
of the country by
2025.
> Xerox Versant 80 – a
combination of 2400
dpi, wider colour
gamut, features and
functionality.

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advancement in the printing industry.
The state-of-the-art infrastructure delivers complete
turnkey solutions, right from concept development
to finished products. Over the years, the company
has built credibility, reputation and relationships.
An approximately 6000sqft of area spread across
4 units include production, post-press & office
administration. “In our facility, we house two Xerox
550 presses and one HP Latex 310 press in addition
to the fabrication and binding presses,” says Vinod
Dutia.
For fabrication, they we have a total of 15 machines.
The company also owns an Epson Large Format
printer and a Canon B&W Laser Printing press. They
have also recently installed two Xerox Versant 80
Presses.

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Vinod Dutia, Founder and Managing Partner,
is responsible for overall Administration at
Speed Print. Urvi Dutia, is responsible for
their Business Development. There is a
skilled workforce of 15 people constituting
of technical consultant, machine operators,
office staff and operational and sales teams.
“With the installation of the two Xerox Versant
80 presses, we expect a minimum of 25 –
30% growth on our sales within the first year,”
asserts Vinod.
“All our employees receive software training
by Xerox and other OEM engineers. Xerox
takes special care to conduct these trainings
during any upgrades too,” he adds.
In the near future, Speed Print plans to move
up to add e-commerce portal by going
online. “This (e-commerce), we think, is
the future of retail printing. Our vision is to
become the largest Digital print production
company of the country by 2025,” envisions
Vinod.

Strong association –
shifting back to Xerox
Speaking about their recent Xerox Versant
80 installations, Vinod stresses their strong
association with Xerox, “Since inception, we
are in the digital printing business and our
strong association with Xerox continued for
over a decade till 2008. However, we had to
shift to another brand because the product
line at Xerox didn’t match our business
requirement. During this time we invested
heavily in other Digital presses but their
downtime started increasing by the day and
also there was little service support from
them. As a result of which, we shifted back
to Xerox.”

Versant 80 – the ability to print
350gsm regularly

One such area is to educate their clients on
printing on special media and its benefits.
“In order to make our vision of becoming
the largest digital print production company
of the country by 2025 come true, we plan
to go online through an e-commerce portal.
Additionally, we believe that personalization
is the key to success and hence, we plan to
develop a set of personalized products to
meet the requirements of the market as well
as our customers,” continues Vinod.
“There is a huge scope for printers who cater
to organized sector & corporate companies.
The option of Varibale Data Printing has
not been explored too much as of now
and needs to be marketed properly,” he
perceives.

While deciding on their latest Xerox, Speed
Print’s primary focus was to increase their
production capacity. While considering
various brands, they found Xerox had an
edge over their nearest competitors in terms
of machine service support, reliability as
well as pricing. Moreover, Vinod finds the
sale and service support from Xerox before,
during and post installation as excellent.

Now with Xerox Versant 80 presses up and
running, Speed Print is specially equipped to
tap this growth. The installed capacity now
stands at more than 50,000 12x18 Prints
which will allow them to target more market
share by giving superior quality of prints
to their customers. An enthusiastic Vinod
expects his current investment of around 75
lacs to return in three years.

“We believe it was a good decision, as
now with the Xerox Versant 80 press, we
are able to print 350 gsm on regular basis.
The machine, being a 2400 dpi virtual print
production press, has a much better & wider
colour gamut. It provides a combination of
features and functionality which ensure high
quality production – faster and better. It also
allows printing on more media types and its
powerful automation generates less waste,”
shares Vinod. With the Xerox Versant, they
are targeting the specialty media market
along with customized/personalized printing
options.

The customers are chiefly from Eastern
region. Local delivers are done by dedicated
staff and outstation deliveries are carried out
through courier services.

Speed Print has the advantage of putting
both the presses at a single location which
allows them to smoothly switch jobs. One
machine is dedicated to print on 90gsm –
170gsm papers along with specialty paper
and the other machine only prints on 250,
300 & 350gsm board. “With dedicated gsm
range for each machine, we are able to
manage print jobs much easier then we used
to,” claims Vinod.
In the ever changing Digital Printing Industry,
Speed Print is all prepared to take on
tomorrow. It has a number of key focus
areas and strategic steps for the future.

Speed Print has Tally Integrated into their
system to help them on various fronts from
making estimates to Invoices. They don’t
follow any manual process.
Vinod thinks that the Digital Printing Industry
is currently suffering because of lack of
set systems and parameters based on
marketing, production and delivery. These
are the major industry challenges, according
to him. He, however, finds the answer to
these challenges in economical CRM &
ERP software which could cut down on the
administration & production timelines and
make operations much faster & reliable. “In
future we would like the printing federation to
roll out education institutions for the Printing
Industry & have customized and certified
courses on various aspects of the industry
for students who want to pursue the subject
and consequently, create more awareness
and human resource for the industry. We
will soon be launching our own marketing
campaigns to educate customers industry
wise,” concludes Vinod.

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‘Enhance Your Competitive Edge’ with Scodix
Live demonstrations of the Ultra Pro Digital Enhancement Press with
Foil Station throughout the Dscoop EMEA 6
Scodix, the provider of digital enhancement
solutions for the graphic arts industry,
demonstrated the clear advantages of
incorporating digital enhancement to
increase business productivity and profit at
Dscoop EMEA 6 from 7-9th June in Lyon,
France.
“Dscoop falls within a really exciting
period for Scodix. Awareness of digital
enhancement is at an all-time high and
printers and converters are seeing the
benefits it can bring to their bottom line,”
states Eli Grinberg, Scodix Co-Founder and
VP EMEA.
Alongside its French customer MR
Cartonnage – a pioneer in the field of digital
printing on cardboard, specializing in the
mock-up and production of small luxury
boxes – Scodix delivered a presentation
entitled ‘Digital print enhancement, the time
is now’, on 8 June. Expanding on a recent
InfoTrends survey – in which it was stated
roughly half of PSPs had indicated they are
considering a digital print enhancement
system in the next two years – Amit Shvartz,
Scodix VP Marketing illustrated the multitude
of ways in which Scodix customers can
evolve their market position, and boost
revenues and profits through digital
enhancement.
“Dscoop is such an important event for
Scodix. The event is so successful in its
platform, with huge scope for networking,”
says Shvartz. “We are able to share our
successes, demonstrate best practice
and work with printers who are interested
in boosting profit margins to build solid
business cases so they can clearly see the
ROI.”
Visitors to Dscoop EMEA 6 were shown
live demonstrations of the Ultra Pro Digital
Enhancement Press with Foil Station on
the stand throughout the show, illustrating
the productivity and versatility of Scodix
technology. The full range of Scodix digital
enhancement effects in up to B1 size,
including Scodix Foil, Scodix VDE, Scodix
Cast&Cure and Scodix Crystals, were also
on display.

Scodix Braille: the innovative Scodix InkjetBraille solution is designed to provide a
better quality of life for blind and visually
impaired people around the world, making
the service more accessible for short-run
production
Scodix Cast&Cure: empowering Scodix Foil
Station users, Scodix Cast&Cure creates a
high-impact 3D holographic effect, bringing a
whole new dimension, and value proposition,
to print projects
Scodix Crystals: replacing the manual
placement of chaton, costume jewellery, or
crystals on products such as greeting cards
and brochures, Scodix Crystals adds a
colourful and reflective sparkle.

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HP Indigo WS6000 to increase customer base at Trigon Digital Solutions
The installation of the Indigo WS6000 digital press at Trigon Digital Solutions by HP Inc. India will enable
it to increase sales volumes and engage with brand owners.
HP India Inc. has installed the HP Indigo
WS6000 Digital Press at Trigon Digital
Solutions in Mumbai. With this addition,
Trigon - a leading name in brand and
packaging solutions, will be equipped with
new capabilities to explore segments such
as Shrink Sleeves and Flexible Packaging.
This installation will also allow them to cater
to small quantity label requirements of their
clients.
The label segment in India has been
estimated to be growing at 15%1. The
category has witnessed label printing
companies use increasingly advanced
equipment to enhance their printing,
converting and decorating capabilities. HP
Indigo WS6000 with its advanced features
will empower Trigon Digital Solutions to
overcome these changing market dynamics,
and help them hone their digital offerings in
the sector.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. A. Appadurai,
Country Manager, Indigo and Pagewide Web
Press, Graphics Solutions Business, HP Inc.
India said, “We are delighted to be a part
Trigon’s growth journey and are confident
that HP Indigo WS6000 will help them realize
their strategic goals. With the help of HP
Indigo WS6000, Trigon will be able to cater to
the opportunity of Shrink Sleeve packaging
market segment which will enhance Trigon
Digital Solution’s capacity to cater to its
customers’ needs.”
Mr. Anil. N, Co-founder & Managing Director,
Trigon Digital Solutions said, “Trigon decided
to acquire HP Indigo WS 6000 keeping
in view the future trend. Well, the reality is
digital and short run for label has quickly
become the need of the hour. It indeed is a
nice feeling to cater to customer’s conscious
and unconscious need for quality, in shortest
turnaround time.”

FMCG companies and merchandising
professionals, by providing them pre-press
services for design, correction and proofs.
They have also successfully executed large
variable data projects which have helped
the brand owners to fulfill their objective
of reaching their target audience more
efficiently. Last year, they set up their first
international arm in Dubai to better serve their
clients in Middle East, African and European
markets.

Trigon Digital Solutions caters to

The HP Indigo WS6000 Digital Press offers
the most productive, high-speed digital
solution for medium run label and packaging
printing, with print quality surpassing that
of conventional printing. The digital press
enables label and packaging printers to

David Rae, Print
Champion at MPS (left),
has tested the new
Prinect Image Control
3 colour measurement
system extensively. In
his opinion, the opaque
white control is the
most important feature
for optimizing the print
quality.

The international packaging manufacturer Multi
Packaging Solutions (MPS), part of WestRock, has
installed the world’s first Speedmaster XL 106 with
18 units at its Scottish site in East Kilbride. MPS is
responding to the high level of customer demand on
the part of designers and brand owners for a wide
variety of finishing options and premium quality.
The new press is the most versatile machine that
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) has
ever produced for packaging printing in the premium
sector and has now passed its final acceptance tests.
It comprises eleven printing, three coating and four
drying units, as well as the FoilStar in-line cold foiling
system. To facilitate zero defect production and top
colour quality, the Speedmaster XL 106 is equipped
with the new Prinect Inspection Control 2 and Image
Control 3 quality and colour measurement systems.
For more than a year, MPS monitored a field test with
Image Control 3 on its 17-unit Speedmaster XL 106,
and was impressed by the new options.
“With the new 18-unit machine which, by the way,
is positioned right next to the 17-unit machine, we

have once again made a significant investment
within our global activities,” explains Tim Whitfield,
EVP European Branded Consumer, MPS. “With the
perfectly equipped Speedmaster XL 106, we can
implement even more processes in-line, with 100%
quality assurance, and thus ensure that we meet
the requirements of some of the most well-known
brands in the world. This helps us to optimize and
grow our business.” One example application for the
Speedmaster XL 106, which prints at a top speed of
18,000 sheets per hour, is the production of folding
whisky cartons with printing on the back, cold foil
finishing and double coating.

New Prinect Image Control 3 – gets
colours right
“Our portfolio of products ranges from premium
spirits to high-quality fine confectionery. Brand owners
can now give their packaging even more colours
and foils, as well as matt, gloss and pearlescent
effects, with spot and solid finishes,” confirms David
Rae, Print Champion at MPS East Kilbride. In these
brand-conscious segments, the quality is extremely

Key Notes :
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At its Scottish site,
MPS deploys the
world’s first machine
with this configuration
in its production.

> A high level of
customer demand
for a wide variety of
effects and premium
quality.
> Prinect Inspection
Control 2 and Prinect
Image Control 3
ensure top quality,
colour fidelity and
zero defects in
packaging printing.

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David Rae, Print Champion at MPS (left), has tested the new Prinect Image Control 3 colour measurement system extensively. In his
opinion, the opaque white control is the most important feature for optimizing the print quality. He was supported by Bernd Utter, product
management Heidelberg, Jason Brooks, Print Manager at MPS and Gary Wilkinson, Heidelberg UK (from right to left).

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The packaging manufacturer Multi Packaging Solutions has installed the world’s first Speedmaster XL 106 with 18 units at its Scottish plant in East Kilbride.

important and MPS therefore ordered the
Prinect Image Control 3 system along with
the new machine. “We tested Image Control
3 extensively and were also able to ensure
that our requirements were also taken into
consideration,” explained Rae. “Most of our
jobs are produced with metalized cardboard.
Image Control 3 gives us the opportunity to
measure and control the opaque white using
a completely normal print control strip for
the first time. On the basis of our feedback,
Heidelberg made this function even more
reliable. The colour values required are now
much easier to save and call up, and the
entire system is more user-friendly.”

each individual customer. “Overall, Image
Control 3 has ensured higher quality and
more uniformity within our process as we
can now measure and control colours on all
substrates – especially metalized substrates,”
summarizes Rae. “Since the end of last year,
our Image Control 3 has been connected to
the new Heidelberg central colour database.
This means that we have a full backup for all
the colours and we can also use conversion
software to import colour data in CxF format
that is then immediately available for use in
the system.” MPS requested this function
to allow them to produce one and the same
colour consistently at all sites.

This is of even greater value as currently
more than 600 colours are saved in the
archive at MPS – from colours for cardboard
with a metalized coating to uncoated and
coated papers. 90 percent of the colours
are spot colours and are adapted in line with

Heidelberg has been supplying the third
generation of the Prinect Image Control
full sheet colour measurement system
since the end of last year. It scans with
spectrophotometric measuring heads and
a resolution of 200 dpi. In addition to true

colour image control, the “Offline Inspection”
option means that the entire printed sheet
can be checked for printing defects and
therefore ensures that the packaging is
fault-free.
MPS also achieves zero defect production
thanks to the Prinect Inspection Control 2
in-line inspection system, which implements
maximum productivity and quality assurance
into daily production.
The two new Image Control 3 and Inspection
Control 2 Prinect colour and quality
measurement systems were presented at the
Interpack trade fair in Düsseldorf and also
were on show at the subsequent Packaging
Days in Wiesloch-Walldorf. Both events took
place under the motto “Smart Print Shop –
Zero Defect Packaging”.

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Customers benefit from
Gallus integration into Heidelberg
With virtually complete integration of Gallus sales and service organisations into the Heidelberg Group,
the synergies to enable optimum customer canvassing and support.
Following the completion of the Gallus Group’s
integration into Heidelberger Druckmaschinen
AG (Heidelberg) in 2014 and a number of joint
technical developments, such as the Gallus Labelfire
digital label printing system, the sales and service
organisations of the Gallus Group can now also
benefit from the synergies from this takeover.
The Gallus sales team in Western Europe and Asia
has now been fully integrated into the Heidelberg
sales structure. This means that the existing Gallus
contacts in Western Europe and Asia will remain
in place for their customers but will now also be
supported by the Heidelberg units in sales. In Asia,
the service units have already been integrated under
the Heidelberg umbrella, while in Germany this will
take place next year.

Key focus of the Gallus
at this year’s Labelexpo
will be customer service
and digitisation along
with showcase of the
new Gallus Labelfire and
Labelmaster.

Key Notes :
>

Heidelberg
strengthens the
Gallus sales and
service structure in
Western Europe and
Asia.

> Gallus presenting
innovations in
digitisation at
upcoming Labelexpo.
> In Asia, the service
units have already
been integrated
under the Heidelberg
umbrella.

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Gallus now has virtually unlimited access to the
Heidelberg Group’s global network. This will enable
the Gallus team to continue enhancing its service and
support activities in the future by combining the best
of two companies – the know-how of Gallus product
specialists and the comprehensive support by the
Heidelberg Sales and Service Units (SSUs).
“Integrating the Gallus sales and service teams into
the Heidelberg Sales and Service Units enables us to
provide our customers with even more intensive and
comprehensive support throughout the world. We’re
also able to target additional customer segments that
were previously inaccessible to us at Gallus,” explains
Christof Naier, Head of Sales, Marketing& Services at
Gallus Ferd. Rüesch AG.
This integration has also been implemented in the
North America and Canada regions since October,
with the result that Gallus and Heidelberg now also
form one unit in those territories.
The existing structure remains in place in Eastern
Europe and Latin America, as Heidelberg has already

been successfully representing Gallus in those areas
for many years.
Gallus will be presenting further innovations for the
service area resulting from this integration process
at Labelexpo, which is being held in Brussels in
September 2017. One key focus of the Gallus stand
at this year’s trade fair will be the inroads being made
into customer service by digitisation. Another equally
important part of the Group’s showcase will be the
presentation of the new Gallus Labelfire and Gallus
Labelmaster machine systems.
The Gallus Group with its production sites in
Switzerland and Germany is a global developer,
producer and provider of narrow-web, reel-fed
presses designed for label manufacturers. The
machine portfolio is augmented by a broad range
of screen printing plates (Gallus Screeny), globally
decentralized service operations, and a broad
offering of printing accessories and replacement
parts. The comprehensive portfolio also includes
consulting services provided by label experts in all
relevant printing and process engineering tasks. The
Gallus Group is a member of the Heidelberg Group
and employs around 430 people, of whom 253 are
based in Switzerland. The group headquarters is in
St.Gallen, Switzerland.

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Reprographic Systems to adopt Esko’s Crystal technology
Award winning XPS Crystal delivers digitally controlled LED UV exposure for high quality,
highly consistent Flexo plate making.
Esko has installed the first XPS Crystal 5080
exposure units at Reprographic Systems in
Ireland. The company has also invested in
two of the latest Kongsberg Digital Finishing
Cutting Tables plus Esko WebCenter
software. Esko’s new Crystal technology
has recently won the prestigious 2017
Flexographic Technical Association (FTA)
Innovation Award for PrePress Graphics. It
also received an international Red Dot Award
for Product Design 2017.
Paul Vaughan, Managing Director at
Reprographic Systems says, “We are
taking competitive advantage and winning
new business. This important investment
is a natural progression. We have been
waiting to complete our digital solution with
Esko’s new exposure technology. From
front end to dispatch, Esko’s continuing
commitment to innovation is exceptional and
groundbreaking.”
The new XPS Crystal is a digitally controlled
exposure unit providing near simultaneous
exposures supporting all major photopolymer
flexo manufacturers. As part of a complete
automated platemaking system linking to a
CDI imaging unit, the XPS Crystal 5080 offers
a superior plate capable of printing at the
highest quality levels on diverse substrates.
One of the primary factors influencing plate
stability is UV exposure, which is fast and
holds the finest lines and text onto the plate.
Full automation is achieved by linking the
XPS to the new fully automated CDI Crystal
and thus reducing the process from five
manual steps to just one.

and tested and always delivers. For labels,
folding cartons, and flexible and corrugated
packaging we use Esko’s broad array of
flexo tools and solutions. Our long term
supplier relationship with Esko gives us every
confidence in a tough market.”
James Mason, Esko UK/EIRE Sales Manager
states, “Over the years we have established
a strong relationship with Reprographic
Systems and this latest round of investment
has come through deep understanding
and a detailed analysis of their needs and
future aspirations. It is rewarding to know
they continue to regard Esko as their partner
of choice when it comes to ‘joined up’
innovation”

Established in the late 1960s Reprographic
Systems, based in Dublin, has two other
sites – one in Lurgan Northern Ireland and
the other in Heanor Derbyshire. The company
specializes in the manufacture of printing
plates for the packaging industry to suit
any flexographic printing application. It has
predominantly a broad portfolio trade shop
servicing wide-web flexibles, corrugated and
labels. They also offer wide format print and
finishing capabilities. In a world of brands
and packaging the company states that they
use the best plate processing equipment
for a reason – so that they can provide their
customers with the very best and consistent
plates available on the market.

Vaughan explains, “The positioning of our
three sites offer us the widest customer
base. Thanks to these Esko solutions, we
are now ideally positioned to service both
economies in Ireland and the UK. In 2015 we
jointly acquired Promopack Digital Studios
in Heanor Derbyshire to extend and expand
our reach. We know our future is secure with
this investment. With the innovative Crystal
technology from Esko we will increase our
plate making production levels and improve
our export capabilities. We have used Esko
equipment since the early 90s. It is tried

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Braskem presents intelligent colour changing packaging
New technology allows packaging to change colour to alert consumer when product is
unfit for consumption
We may soon be able to stop worrying about
the risk of using products in an inappropriate
state for consumption. A technology which
permits packaging to communicate with
the consumer, an “intelligent packaging”
by Braskem, the biggest producer of
thermoplastic resins in the Americas, in
partnership with Clemson University in the
US and Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul Federal
University (UFRGS) was presented by
Braskem at Interpack 2017.
Intelligent packaging uses specific indicators
to demonstrate the state of conservation
of its contents, emitting an external alert.
The packaging will change colour to warn
the consumer if the product is unfit for
consumption. This technology can be used
for perishable product packaging in various
sectors.
In research conducted with poultry, meat and
fish, for example, pH alterations determine
a packaging colour change. Patrick
Teyssonneyre, Braskem’s global director for
Technology and Innovation, maintains that
a product’s entire value chain can benefit
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greater quality assurance on the products
they take home, and, at the same time,
allows companies to control product integrity
after manufacture, either during transport or
at the point of sale,” he points out.
Braskem began researching intelligent
packaging in 2013, concluded Proof of
Concept trials in 2015, and produced the
first prototypes in 2016. It currently has
available capacity for further development
of studies in this area with interested
sectors. “Intelligent packaging needs to
be customized for specific segments: this
means it may be a few more years before it
appears on supermarket shelves,” explains
Teyssonneyre.

How does intelligent
packaging work?
•

Chemical substances able to react to

specific indicators of product damage
are added to the thermoplastic resin
used in the packaging.
When product integrity suffers any type
of alteration, the packaging changes
colour to alert the consumer.

So, when you think only your nose can
tell whether the preserved food in your
refrigerator is fit for consumption, now you
can just tell it by the colour of the packaging
itself. Braskem has actually made it possible
by developing a way to make plastic food or
beverage containers change from one colour
to another when they react to the changing
pH levels of their contents, a sign that certain
products may be spoiling.
Even though this type of technology has
existed in some form for decades, the new
introduction by Braskem enables customers
to benefit from this US$7 billion plasticsand-chemical company which is the largest
producer in the Americas of materials that
are moulded into bottle caps, jugs, reusable
containers, cosmetic packaging and much
more. It has production plants in Brazil, the
United States, Mexico and Germany.

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Konica Minolta JETvarnish 3D bags Diamond at DuPont Awards
The company in the year 2016 witnessed a historic deployment of its bizhub digital
industrial printing solutions across India.

MGI’s JETvarnish solution has earned a
Diamond Finalist Award in the DuPont
Awards for Packaging Innovation. The
JETvarnish 3D Digital Print Decoration
Process for Folding Cartons & Labels is set
to enable companies to achieve a premium
branded look for their folding cartons and
labels without the time, cost and expense of
using traditional dies, screens or plates.
According to MGI, the French company
has simplified the production decoration
process for manufacturers, printers and
converters. The JETvarnish 3D solution
increases the speed and ability of consumer
and commercial firms to bring new products
to market at a lower cost. According to
the company the workstation software
offers rapid prototyping for new product
launches and full high-volume production
management.
The MGI innovation achieves 2D, 3D and
Variable Foil Embossing on cartons and
labels on a single line. The technology shall
facilitate printers, converters and finishers to
produce special effects with variable data
personalization and customized short-runs
faster than other printing technologies.
According to MGI, the solution is suitable for
brand owners who are looking for more multisensory packaging to attract consumers at
the point of sale. MGI Jet varnish 3D enables
businesses to garner a premium branded
look for their printed documents without the
time, cost and expense of using traditional
dies, screens or plates.

DuPont awards program is an international,
independently-judged competition that
honours innovations in packaging design,
materials, technology, and processes across
the entire packaging value chain.
The DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation
reflects how creative, committed and
scalable the packaging industry is in catering
to global issues and changing consumer
demands. The other participants in Diamond
Award included Fritz Water Vest, Zume
Pizza, Cryovac OptiDure Abuse Bag, Dow
AgroSciences and Plantic R.
MGI is being represented by Konica Minolta
in India. The JET Varnish 3D takes digital
spot UV coating to an entirely new level with
increased throughput for flat spot UV jobs
and astounding 3D raised effects. It allows
for fast start-up without plates, screens
or waste, producing anything from one to
several thousand sheets per hour easily. On
the same document, the JETvarnish 3D can
alter the coating thickness from 3 to 200
microns, depending on the user’s defined
areas.
With extended formats ranging up to
52x105cm (20x42’’) and weights up to
600 Gsm, the JETvarnish 3D can be used
to convert your every regular printed jobs
into high margin spot UV jobs. The 100
percent digital JETvarnish 3D also enables
businesses to take a few sheets from a job
and spot UV coat it, creating a sellable proof
so your customers can see the potential and
additional visibility and impact that their jobs
could have.

MGI’s exclusive inkjet technology also offers
users the quality they deserve, from the first
page to the very last. Precise piezo (dropon-demand) print heads allows for lines as
small as 0.5 mm (1/144”) or as wide as the
sheet (max. width 515 mm/20”). With MGI’s
patented coating formula, consumers can
also switch from one job to another with no
equipment cleaning required.

LMAI discusses GST
GST expert Puneet Bansal
answers members’ queries.
The Label Manufacturers’ Association of
India (LMAI) recently organized a seminar on
the latest tax introduction in the country by
the government. Goods and Services Tax or
popularly known as GST will be in effect from
July 1, 2017 in the Indian market.
The seminar by LMAI was held in Mumbai
and aimed to help its members by providing
insights on the new taxation and related
preparedness for businesses. The event
was attended by around 150 industry people
who learned about the new tax from Puneet
Bansal who also answered the audience
queries. He urged the members to put things
in place before time to avoid difficulty in
registration etc. Vendors should take care
that the parties they deal with are also GST
compatible for smooth accounting and
billing. LMAI plans similar sessions in other
parts of the country to facilitate its members
for their businesses’ smooth transition to
GST regime. The next seminar takes place in
Bengaluru on June 22.

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Strategic partnership for metal decorating inks
Sun Chemical and KBA-MetalPrint treading new paths together
At the METPACK trade fair in Essen from 2nd
to 6th May 2017, Sun Chemical and KBAMetalPrint announced the commencement
of cooperation in the field of printing inks for
metal decorating. The partnership relates
above all to the three-piece can segment.
The metal sheets for such cans are printed
on presses of the MetalStar and Mailänder
series.
The cooperation agreement with Sun
Chemical was announced at METPACK
2017 in Essen (left to right): Carlo Musso,
Corporate Vice President & Group
Managing Director Southern Europe; Rudi
Lenz, President and CEO Sun Chemical;
Ralf Gumbel, Managing Director KBAMetalPrint; Klaus Schmidt, Marketing
Director KBA; Yoshiyuki Nakanishi, President
DIC Corporation; Hideo Ishii, Director DIC
Corporation; Felipe Mellado, Chief Marketing
Officer and Board Member, Inaki Llona –
Global Business Leader, Metal Deco Inks
depending on the particular needs.
The common objective of the partnership
between Sun Chemical and KBAMetalPrint on the three-piece market is
close cooperation in all matters relating to
printing inks. The refers not only to the future
inclusion of inks from Sun Chemical into the
starter kits supplied with MetalStar 3 and
Mailänder 280 metal decorating presses,
but also professional support in respect of
all technical questions arising in the field.
The starter kits for MetalStar 3 and Mailänder
presses include either the high-performance
UV ink series DAICURE 5LM, the
conventional ink series SunTrio DAIMETAL
or the highly flexible SunTrio TOBA series,

The starter kit for the MetalStar
3 now includes inks from Sun
Chemical
Sun Chemical and KBA-MetalPrint have
recognised that there is significant demand
for close and long-term process technology
support among users who have purchased
a new, high-tech printing press and are
now setting out to utilise their expanded
production capacities. Together, they
will be working on further optimisation
of the customer’s installations from both
the technical and application-related
perspectives. The combination of a press
from KBA-MetalPrint and inks from Sun
Chemical is in this way to guarantee the
customer the maximum attainable metal
decorating performance.
A further objective of the new cooperation
is to drive specific developments in printing
inks tailored to the special needs of the metal
decorating market.
The strategic global partnership covers
also joint marketing activities in connection
with trade fairs and customer events, such
as the KBA-MetalPrint Symposiums with
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UV MetalStar 3, which were held at metal
packaging specialist Pirlo in Kufstein/Austria
between 5th and 10th May 2017.
Both sides expect to draw great benefit from
the partnership and are convinced that it will
also generate professional added value for
the customer. The declared goal is to be able
to offer the customer even better service on
the market.
Sun Chemical is a member of the DIC Group
and one of the world’s leading producers of
printing inks. Over 21,500 employees serve
customers through 176 subsidiaries and
affiliated companies in 63 countries.
KBA-MetalPrint, with headquarters in
Stuttgart, is a member of the Koenig & Bauer
Group (KBA) and the market and technology
leader in metal decorating. As a global
systems provider to the metal packaging
industry, KBA-MetalPrint offers versatile
solutions for the decoration of two- and
three-piece cans. The portfolio for the threepiece market includes printing presses and
coating machines, as well as drying ovens
and exhaust air purification systems.

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Flint Group opens the 13th Annual Print Awards
Expands to include Narrow Web inks and coatings, Digital Printing Solutions, and Flexographic Products.
Flint Group has officially opened its 13th
annual Print Awards competition with a ‘Call
For Entries’. Label converters from around
the globe will be able to submit printed
samples of their choosing for evaluation by a
panel of industry judges.

“We encourage printers to demonstrate the
enriched and expanding pallet of applications
that are possible using narrow web presses,
utilising any print method of their choice –
water-based flexo, UV flexo, UV offset, digital
printing, or a combination thereof.”

Winners will be announced during a live
event at the Flint Group stand at Labelexpo
on September 26th where Flint Group
will unveil the submissions that exemplify
excellence and entrepreneurship in the wide
world of narrow web printing which includes
labels, flexible packaging, cartons, and
shrink sleeves.

Kelly Kolliopoulos, Global Marketing Director
Narrow Web, adds, “Over the past two years
we have seen an increased amount of print
submissions coming from expanding market
segments – it’s encouraging to see narrow
web grow in pressure sensitive label, but
even more so into various segments of the
flexible packaging market and shrink sleeves.
We are glad to see narrow web printers
around the world pushing past the traditional
boundaries.”

Niklas Olsson, Global Brand Manager,
comments, “Flint Group is a solution provider
with an unmatched product portfolio covering
all major steps of the printing process with
the aim to provide superior results for our
customers and our customers’ customers. In
2017, we open the awards beyond just inks
and coatings and expand this celebration of
success to include Flint Group Flexographic
Products and Flint Group Digital Solutions
(Xeikon).

Flint Group has received hundreds of
submissions since the first competition in
2005; presenting this prestigious award to
more than 75 companies globally. In 2016,
Flint Group presented awards in several
specific categories at Labelexpo Americas
– all submissions using inks, coatings, and
specialty products that were supplied by Flint
Group.

Commenting on the awards, Mr. Guillaume
Clement, Vice President Global Narrow
Web, says, “Flint Group has a unique
value proposition which includes both
equipment and consumables. In 2017 we
are eager to expand the awards beyond
inks and coatings to include our colleagues
in Xeikon and Flexographic Products. To
exemplify best in show, we will honour any
company who can pull all three Divisions’
products together in one printed piece with
a very special award.”
Filip Weymens, VP Global Marketing for
Xeikon, says, “The Flint Group Print Awards
provide our label customers an excellent
leveraging opportunity for the work they
do on Xeikon digital presses. We’re proud
to take part in this celebration of success
and are really looking forward to seeing the
entries of the digital producers.”
Mr. Clement concludes, “We are extremely
pleased and honoured to receive so
many print submissions year after year;
this proves that the Print Awards is held
in serious and respected regard by our
customers around the world. Flint Group is
very proud to host this friendly competition
honouring our clients’ creative and
outstanding work.”
Criteria for judging includes: registration,
smoothness of dot/vignette, overall print
quality, and degree of difficulty. Entries
will be placed in categories relating to
technology and application.
Entries should be received no later than
August 31, 2017 and the same should
be submitted directly to Flint Group. For
detailed entry guidelines and entry form
contact Flint Group.

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Cosmo Films expands its range of Direct Thermal Printable Products
Cosmo Films, a global provider of films
for packaging, labeling and lamination
applications now offers an extended range of
direct thermal printable (DTP) products. The
portfolio now includes standard DTP films,
top coated DTP films, high temperatures DTP
films and DTP paper.
Direct thermal printing is generally used for
tagging and labelling applications where
elaborate printing is not required and printing
is done only for critical information like
barcodes. Direct Thermal printing does not
require an ink ribbon for printing, and the
image/impression formation takes place
simply when coated substrate comes in
contact with the print head of the thermal
printer.
The company has just launched a BOPP
based top coated direct thermal printable
film which is water and solvent resistant and
can be used for tough weather labelling such
as deep freeze product labelling, industrial
bar coding, track & trace and logistics. The
film can endure temperatures of -20 to 70
degrees. A high temperature resistance
variety with endurance level as high as
130 degrees is also being offered. The

product has been developed keeping meat
packaging & carcass tagging applications in
mind requiring relatively higher temperature
process parameters.
The company would now also offer direct
thermal printable paper in both top coated
and uncoated varieties. Top coated variety
would be well suited for applications
requiring water resistance.

Commenting on the development, Mr. Kapil
Anand, Head - Speciality Labeling Exports,
Cosmo Films said, “Direct thermal printing
has been gaining significant prominence in
recent times due to its ease of use, low total
applied cost and optimum image density
and we are glad that we can offer both
paper and filmic solutions for a wide range
of applications now being printed by this
printing technology.”

From 25 to 28 September, Omet will be
among the main exhibitors at Labelexpo
Europe 2017 in Brussels. Present at
the booth B49-B53, hall 6, Omet will be
presenting an extraordinary show, with
amazing live demos showing all the
potentialities of its machines.
For many years, Labelexpo has been
the main occasion for Omet to reveal its
concept of innovation in the label and flexible
packaging printing market. In 1995 Omet
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Many players of this sector still think of
the Varyflex launched in 2001 among the
best innovations ever seen in Labelexpo: it
was the first machine with servo gearless
flexo technology in the narrow-web printing
market. Omet’s innovative solutions ensure
perfect printing registration and consistent
reduction of waste, which translate to high
quality products and costs saving. Apart from
the first electronic control, Omet benchmarks
also include flexo sleeve concept.
Six years later, during Labelexpo 2007, Omet
promoted a new “revolution” with the XFlex:
it was the first press with short web path,
thanks to the integration of the chill drum with
the impression cylinder, allowing for the least

start-up waste on a narrow-web flexo press.
XFLEX was also the first machine featuring
the Vision System able to achieve a perfect
printing register, with no manual operations,
simply by pressing a button. During the
live demonstrations, the visitors looked for
the “trick” that allowed to obtain a perfect
register of 0,05 mm, independently from the
skills of the operator.
The first variable-size rotary die-cutting unit
(MonoTwin Cut) and the first flexo-digital
inkjet hybrid press (X-jet) in 2009; the first
flexo-offset press with automatic sleeve
format change (XFlex X6 Offset) in 2013;
The first press with pre-registration through
laser pointer and iVision system for real-time
register adjustment (iFlex) in 2015.
For the next edition of Labelexpo, Omet will
be showing 3 presses with new relevant
technologies and developments.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions India has
appointed Insight Print Communications as
channel partner to represent its bizhub Press
C71cf Label Press in East as well as in West
India for the Label Printing Business.
Bizhub PRESS C71cf comes as an optimum
printing solution for small and medium size
businesses in the label and packaging
segment to help them explore the endless
benefits of digital printing including catering
to high volume demands and penetrating
new untapped markets.
The machine harnesses Konica Minolta’s
state of the art dry toner technology is a
perfect end to end printing solution for mid
range businesses, operating in the label
printing segment with varied requirements.
The machine also furnishes an impressive
printing resolution of 1200 dots per inch
(dpi), equivalent to 3600 dpi *1200dpi/8bit
and prints images with a maximum size of
1195*320 mm. Compatible with a paper
width of 330 millimetres, It also packs in
low temperature fusing technology and
Simitri HDE toner, enabling it to print on a

broad range of different materials including
synthetic paper and polypropylene.
‘’We are glad to have Insight Print
Communications with us, which with its
proven expertise will help us strengthen our
commitment of transforming the printing
segment in India. Our bizhub Press series
has witnessed record deployment in India in
recent times and we intend to further fuel this
growth. We are expanding into the Industrial
Print category with our flagship product
AccurioJet KM1, Bizhub Press C71cf and
the complete range of MGI Products’’ said
Daisuke Mori, MD Konica Minolta Business
Solutions India
Konica Minolta aims to participate in the
Industry growth by offering newly invented
products for Label Industry through
experienced Channel Partners like Insight
Communications.

for Graphic Arts equipment sales, Insight has
played a crucial role to establish some of the
biggest global printing brands in India.
Insight group was built on the platform of
highest quality standards, with the intent of
providing world class product & solutions to
the printing industry in India. It has always
focused on adding value and building long
term relationships with one and all. The group
is an undisputed market leader in the printing
industry that has transformed the industry
from merely utilitarian to inspirational.
With the Group’s vision to evolve into a
‘Complete Print Solutions’ enterprise, it
has successfully diversified into various
Print verticals like Commercial, Publishing,
Packaging & Signage.

Incepted in 1992 in Mumbai, Insight
Communications has charted its growth
path based on its commitment to customer
service and well-being. India’s largest dealer

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Registrations open for 2nd Batch Short term course at BIGC
engaged in the printing industry and printing
teachers of India.

AIFMP started special training in ‘3D Printing’
and ‘Printed Electronics’ in collaboration with
Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication
(BIGC), China. The first batch is already
getting training at Beijing, China and it is a
call for registration for the second batch. The
training of second batch will be starting on
18th September and Registration is open
only on first come first served basis.
AIFMP, in collaboration with the BIGC,
Beijing, China has arranged a 3 month
special training in ‘3D Printing’ and ‘Printed
Electronics’ for the students, professionals

This 3 month short, low cost course has
specially been designed for the people
involved in printing in India. The training is
to be provided at Beijing Institute of Graphic
Communication under the supervision of
qualified faculty.
The course studies will include lectures,
demonstrations and practical workshops
on advance printing technique relating to
‘3D Printing’ and ‘Printed Electronics’. Visits
to a range of printing companies using this
technique will be included within the course
curriculum.
Students shall be provided with visa advice
and application support. They will have to
meet the cost of visa and other charges at
their own. Right of admission is reserved with

AIFMP. Besides the specialist short course,
Indian students can also opt for various other
diploma, bachelor or master programmes.
No formal qualification is essential. An
ability to communicate in English and basic
knowledge of Printing industry is essential
for admission. Students shall meet their
own accommodation, food and travel. The
admission is limited only for the persons
sponsored by an institute/ newspaper,
printing or packaging unit. Students/ teachers
engaged in printing education can also apply
for these courses. Training will be provided in
batches of 16 to 18 students.

Stora Enso EcoFishBox won Gold Sustainability Award
Stora Enso EcoFishBox won the World
Packaging Organization’s WPO Sustainability
Award. The package was also awarded the
WorldStar Award.
“This EcoFishBox case is an excellent and
concrete example related to the proactive
design work and we are very happy that
our eco-packaging for the fish industry is

recognized and awarded the Sustainability
Award in the WorldStar 2017 competition. It
can replace plastics, is recyclable and saves
space during transport and warehousing,
which makes EcoFishBox a very sustainable
packaging alternative”, says Peter
Thorstensson, SVP and Head of Corrugated
Nordics, Stora Enso Packaging Solutions
division.

The jury of the competition chose
EcoFishBox as the winner of the WorldStar
Sustainability Award, the best sustainable
packaging compilation among the 292
packaging solutions participating in the
competition. The solution was also awarded
the WorldStar Award. EcoFishBox is meant
for packing fresh and processed products in
shops and restaurants. Designed in-house
by Stora Enso, the box is waterproof and
leakproof to the liner, thanks to its pre-made
PET lamination and special folding method.
Fibre-based packaging has not been used
for this purpose in the past.
The fibre-based box made of renewable
material is space-saving and is supplied
as a flat corrugated board. Its material is
completely recyclable, and it saves on
packaging waste handling. EcoFishBox can
replace previously used polystyrene boxes
for the same purpose.
WorldStar is an annual competition for world
packing organizations. The competition
prizes were granted at the WPO event in
Düsseldorf, Germany, at the world’s largest
packaging trade fair Interpack.

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Welcome plastic-free blister pack!
One of the world’s most widely used forms
of packaging – the blister pack – can now
be made totally in paperboard. Two major
benefits are reduced environmental impact
and less consumer rage and self-injury.
Blister packs are made to hang on a
holder in the retail store and often consist
of a paperboard backing plus a moulded
transparent plastic front section to display
the product to the consumer. The Norwegian
converter Moltzaus’s ingeniously designed
Cefapack improves both the pack’s

environmental performance and
openability, and has already won
awards.
“Our development work had two
starting points – environmental
impact and ease of opening,”
explains Eirik Faukland, the
packaging veteran in charge of
R&D at Moltzau.
To get around the well-known
problem of the extreme difficulty
of opening plastic blister packs,
the basic concept was to replace
the plastic with paperboard.
What’s unique with the Cefapack
solution is that Moltzau chose to
replace all the traditional creases
with perforations, which gives
the desired openability. However,
when perforations replace creases,
the risk is that they cannot protect
the pack’s contents well enough.
The choice of which paperboard to
use is therefore crucial.
Skiwax from the global leader Swix in an
easily opened, plastic-free pack. The pack
could just as well hold a deodorant or skin
cream from a manufacturer who wants to
move from a fossil-based packaging material

PrintPack Arabia 2017

The Indian Printing Packaging & Allied
Machinery Manufacturers’ Association
(IPAMA) is co-organisers for PrintPack Arabia
2017 along with Expo Centre Sharjah. The
third edition of the show is scheduled to be
held at Expo Centre Sharjah, Sharjah, U.A.E.,
from December 11-14, 2017.
With Expo 2020 taking place in Dubai, there
is a huge scope for Printing and Packaging
machines in the Gulf market. Besides, the
UAE retail industry is poised for solid growth
over the next four years, owing to a lot of

macroeconomic factors including non-oil
sector boost, population boom, tourism and
massive economic growth in the country.
IPAMA members are going to benefit in many
respects from participating in the exhibition.
The benefits include best price for space, air
tickets, accommodation and other services.
The application form and the layout plan
may be downloaded from PrintPack Arabia
website. The application form can be
deposited in IPAMA’s office.

to a renewable, non-fossil-based one.
“Invercote’s superior tear strength is a
prerequisite for a good-quality pack,”
Faukland says. “Both the strength and
how it performs in the various stages of
converting and filling are crucial.” He says
another benefit is that in the packs Moltzau
has produced so far, the perforations have
allowed the customer to increase the speed
of the filling lines compared with those using
creased packaging blanks.
The world-leading manufacturer of ski wax,
Swix, is currently packing some of its waxes
in Cefapacks and plans to expand the trial.
Other products in Cefapacks already on
the market are dressings for wounds and
non-prescription medicines. In the autumn
of 2015 Cefapack was honoured with a
Scandinavian packaging award, Scanstar,
and in 2017 will receive the WorldStar award
from the World Packaging Organisation.
As the pack’s designer, Eirik Faukland has
also been warmly praised by representatives
of the Swedish and Norwegian Rheumatism
Associations, which represent rheumatism
sufferers. The associations actively
encourage the packaging industry to develop
more easily opened forms of packaging.

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OMET printing machines, the key to Industry 4.0
TransparentFactory. This is the real key to
get into the “Industry 4.0”. Thanks to new
devices for machines connectivity and the
evolution towards the Internet of Things and
Big Data, OMET printing and converting lines
provide all customers with the opportunity to
boost their competitive advantage through
higher operative efficiency and consequent
business growth.
Gianni Gerosa, electronic R&D Manager,
explains:”OMET is among the pioneers of
the Industry 4.0. Taking inspiration from
the concept of smart factory even before
it became the pillar of the fourth industrial
revolution, OMET research and development
have been always committed to design and
produce interconnected machines, thanks
to software able to display and control all
production data and working conditions.
Providing our customers with this valuable
opportunity has been for years a priority for
our company as well as the main purpose of
several innovations, which led us into the era
of industrial automation.
More and more operations are now easily
managed by remote control, the diagnostic
is even more precise and allows quick
and focused assistance, production data
are always traceable and available and
the supply chain is oriented towards the
complete digitalization. For example, the
use of RFID devices applied to the printing
sleeves help the optimization of the whole
process through the chance to memorize

is the only possible strategy to a constant
growth.
Moreover, the investment on “machines
4.0”is now supported by consistent tax
breaks in many countries. This is a critical
challenge for everyone, not only for big
multinationals: many small and middle
companies should take this opportunity as
the only way to strengthen their business and
increase their market share.

the parameters of every job and recall them
anytime.
This kind of technologies are essential to
take the leap into the Industry 4.0, which has
become the objective of the global economic
and industrial scenario: this huge change
is based on connectivity, automation, and
the integration between human labour and
“intelligent” machines.
Mr. Gerosa explains this technologic
evolution: “The pursuit of excellence depends
more and more on quality and timing of
information. OMET R&D has been developing
sophisticated systems to integrate into
our lines, conscious that our customers
need immediate and intuitive information to
improve their production, because innovation

Being part of the Industry 4.0 can bring
huge advantages in terms of production
maximization and sales improvement,
reduction of time to market, maintenance
costs and production down-times. OMET
machines provide the solution to all of this.

Best seller author
Shiv Khera session is
a LMAI Conference
highlight
The LMAI Conference
which is going to
take place from 20
to 23 July 2017 at
Jaypee Palace Hotel
Agra will have Shiv
Khera session as
its one of the key
highlights.
Shiv Khera is an internationally acclaimed
motivational speaker and author. He will be
having a special inspirational session at the
conference. Rooms at venue hotel are limited
and will be available on first come first served
basis. Those interested may book before
seats are full.
The Internationally acclaimed eminent author,
Shiv Khera has to his credit his best seller
book “You can Win”, having sold over 3.4
million copies, among other books.

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Fast forward to a clean, lean career
FINAT’s new President’s call to tomorrow’s business leaders
At a time when packaging technology as a
whole is changing very fast, Chris Ellison,
Managing Director of OPM (Labels &
Packaging) Group Ltd (UK) has been elected
to the challenging position of President of
FINAT, the European labelling association
based in The Netherlands. “It’s a massive
honour, to be elected President”, he says.
Replacing outgoing President Thomas
Hagmaier, Managing Director, Hagmaier
Etiketten (DE), Ellison has over thirty years’
experience at the ‘sharp end’ of the industry,
and a strong personal history of business
development and innovation to contribute to
his new role. He will be supported by newlyelected Vice President Francesc Egea of IPE
Innovaciones (ES).
At the FINAT General Assembly, Aydin Okay
(Canpas, TR) was re-elected to the Board.
Newly elected to the Board wereIlkkaYilipoti
(Auraprint, FI); GüntherDieroff (Benelli, SE);
Alex Knott (Dow, UK), appointed Technical
Committee Representative; and Chris
Jones (Alphasonics, UK), appointed Young
Managers Club Representative. Their entry
coincided with the farewell to the Board of
Past President Kurt Walker, IsidoreLeiser
(Stratus Packaging, B), Marc Büttgenbach
(Bizerba, D), Sean Duffy (Bluestar Silicones,
F, TC representative) and Dana Kilarska
(Purgina Labels, SK, YMC representative).

‘A top agenda item’
FINAT’s activity base has magnified in line
with the industry the association serves, and
– in an increasingly global marketplace – is

today committed to offering state-of-theart support to its members, who represent
the whole supply chain. As Chris Ellison
underlines: “Packaging and labelling
production is one of the most sustainable
industries of all, because it continually
replenishes itself – always reflecting
changing market needs and fashion trends
in a youthful way. That’s why I’m particularly
passionate about FINAT’s current focus on
recruiting young people into the business.
As the founders of the original small, often
family-owned, label companies are now
beginning to take retirement, we’re facing a
real skills shortage that we need to address
right now. I know this is a great industry to
work in –lively, challenging, and rewarding!
– and I’m keen to promote it as the attractive
career proposition it is, but I’m also well
aware that today we’re competing with many
other seductive ‘techno’ options, so it’s a top
agenda item for me to have FINAT promote
the labels and printed packaging production
sector as a clean, lean career choice today.”

New FINAT leading-edge
technology website
“The advent of new technologies across
the whole sector brings its own challenges,
impacting the entire make-up of a participant
company’s systems. I will be strongly
supporting development of the excellent
technology website FINAT has recently
created, which continually brings members
up-to-the-minute expert information on key
areas. It’s important to do this, because the
pace of technology change in print is getting

faster and faster, and equipment model
cycles shorter. Not only that, leading-edge
equipment today demands huge investment
–yet margins are tighter, customers want
extended payment leadtimes, and we need
to think about changing direction with what
we produce from just a simple ‘label’ to
including new offerings like shrink sleeves, inmould labels, and flexible packaging. That’s
what brand owners want, and Industry 4.0
for sure means that we all have to become
more competitive in our relations with our
customers –to be able to keep, and grow, our
business.”

Helping us change
“And to meet those challenging requirements,
we’ve really got to become more competitive
and customise our internal business
systems to achieve optimal efficiencies.
Success means a continuous programme of
innovation and new thinking, and the support
of an international association like FINAT
can make all the difference. You can’t grow
your business if you don’t grow your people,
and I get a huge amount of satisfaction out
of watching staff grow in confidence and
professionalism.”
“I believe FINAT can really help us change
– how we should be thinking, in terms of
adding value, technology, recruiting young
people. Supporting the label industry
national associations, FINAT underlines
the international nature of our industry now,
which today features a very complex remit –
so we have to be as mobile as we possibly
can… Fast forward: that’s the main agenda
I’ll be addressing during my presidency.”
At his own local level, Chris Ellison is
committed to establishing a stronger link
for FINAT with the UK’s BPIF Labels – “in
view of the possible implications of Brexit”,
he says. His role as FINAT President will
also involve participation in the major
international events and features of the label
industry calendar – including Labelexpo in
Brussels in September and the annual FINAT
European Label Forum – and, at an even
broader international level, leadership of the
L9 – the association of nine national label
associations around the world.

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Looking forward to Labelexpo Europe
FINAT and Tarsus celebrate a 25 year partnership
Two iconic brands in the labelling industry
– Labelexpo and FINAT – will celebrate the
25th anniversary of a successful partnership
at this year’s Labelexpo Europe in Brussels,
25-28 September. The event represents an
appropriate opportunity for the partners to
focus their vision once again on the broad
canvas of the industry to whose growth
both have contributed much, and which
is uniquely represented by the Labelexpo
Europe exhibitors and visitors.

World’s leading showcase
Labelexpo Europe has gone from strength to
strength since its debut in London in 1980,
and this year’s show now occupies no less
than nine halls at the Brussels Expo – over
35,000m2 of floor space, accommodating
over 700 exhibitors from 40 countries
worldwide and also providing the venue for
this year’s Global Label Industry Awards
presentation dinner.
Tarsus’ predecessor (the Labelex/Cowise
Group) and FINAT signed their first
Labelexpo agreement in 1991, and it is up
for its fifth renewal towards the end of this
decade. Meanwhile, similar partnerships
have been developed with other regional
associations around the world,such as
TLMI (Labelexpo Americas, Chicago), LMAI
(Labelexpo India, New Delhi) and, most
recently PEIAC Labels (Labelexpo Asia,
Shanghai).
The transformation of Labelexpo Europe
from a niche self-adhesive labeling event to
an established global trade show covering
a much broader spectrum of labelling and
package printing and converting technology,
also reflects the changing shape of the
industry, in terms of imaging technologies
– particularly digital print – and packaging
styles such as flexible pouches, shrink
sleeves, and in-mould labelling. Label
printers today are certainly positioned at the
very heart of the lively packaging industry.
However, Labelexpo’s continuing success will
depend very much on its ability to respond
to market demands, so Labelexpo and
FINAT have expanded their joint Labelexpo
Advisory Board (LAB) – initially consisting of

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management representatives from Labelexpo
and Board members from FINAT – to include
a cross-section of exhibiting suppliers. Their
efforts, coupled with the first results of a
long-term investment by the event venue,
will deliver improvements in logistics, facility
management, and visitor convenience for this
year’s show.

‘An unmissable event’
As Lisa Milburn, managing director of
the Labelexpo Global Series, says: “Our
collaboration with the Labelexpo Advisory
Board (LAB) undoubtedly makes Labelexpo
Europe an unmissable event for label and
package printing professionals. Our close
working relationship helps shape serious
and practical content for the show, and
has driven important improvements at the
show’s home, Brussels Expo. The LAB
is very influential within the wider label
community, and we are very appreciative of
their ongoing support, invaluable input and
expertise.” Ralf Drache, Director of Sales
and Marketing at HERMA and FINAT Board
Liaison in the Labelexpo Advisory Board,
adds: “Inspiring and supporting our industry

is the greatest ambition of Labelexpo Europe.
For many years now, the LAB has focused on
continuous improvement of this trendsetting
trade show. Feedback and the expectations
of both visitors and exhibitors, combined with
the vision and experience of the Labelexpo
Europe organisation, initiate a dynamic
process of creating new measures and
developing ideas. It’s an excellent example
how FINAT represent the interests of its
members and the entire label industry.”
FINAT Managing Director Jules Lejeune
concurs. “Our information and support
platform is continuously expanding in this
fast-moving technology and business arena.
We very much value our partnership with
Tarsus and Labelexpo, in the Labelexpo
Advisory Board and in all-round collaborative
activities. It delivers real added value, and
– as it has been for the last 25 years – is a
key enabler in keeping our members at the
leading edge of the label industry.”
FINAT will be welcoming current and
potential members of the association at
Labelexpo Europe on Stand 11A31.

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PackPlus’ 17: Entire packaging industry to meet under one roof
16,000sqm! 375 Exhibitors! 6 Halls! 1 Destination!
PackPlus will take place from 3-6 August,
2017 and the entire packaging industry will
be meeting under one roof at the upcoming
event. This year, it will witness more than 80
product launches. Key highlights include:
Uflex Engineering will offer High Speed
Solventless Lamination Machine, High Speed
Slitting Machine with Turret System, Pick Fill
Seal Machine & High speed Extruded Snacks
Packing Machine. Modtech Machines will
launch Robotics Case Erector and Case
Packer. Bagla Group will present High Speed
Automatic Shrink Wrapping Machines from
Minipack, Italy. MRL Printing Rolls of MRL
Group will be launching easy changing
Rubber roller Sleeves, Anilox Rolls, Design
Rollers for various application of Printing,
Roto gravure printing, Lamination &Flexo
Printing. Skytech Corporation will launch Air
Cushion Packaging Machine and BANDMA
will launch a whole new range of Packaging
Solutions.
Apart from the product launches, various
exciting machines and solutions would
be showcased at the exhibition. In the
Packaging & Supply Chain section, HewlettPackard India Sales will showcase innovative
& exciting world of applications printed on HP
Indigo Digital press for Labels & Packaging
segment. MultivacLaraon India will present
Packaging Solutions for food products, life
science and healthcare products apart from

Anthem, Marque and Schawk win 7 Package Design
Awards for private brands
SGK’s brand development and brand deployment agencies honoured with Vertex Awards
SGK, a division of Matthews International
Corporation, and a global brand
development, activation and deployment
provider that drives brand performance,
has announced that its brand development
and brand deployment agencies have been
honoured with seven Gold, Silver and Bronze
Vertex Awards for Private Brand package
design.
The Vertex Awards are the only global
competition devoted exclusively to the art of
Private Brand package design. This year’s
Vertex Awards IV competition included
more than 300 entries from 25 countries
and 49 retailers from each of the inhabited
continents of the world: North America, South
America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The
awards are judged by a highly esteemed
panel of industry experts from around the
world and awarded based on Creativity,
Marketability, and Innovation.
“We are fortunate to collaborate with clients
that understand the power of strategic
packaging design,” said Wendy Kufeldt,
managing director of Anthem. “Effective
design communicates and embodies the
brand promise, enabling break through
results on shelf and delivering a distinct
consumer experience.”
In the Packaged Goods category, Anthem
was awarded Vertex Gold for its private
brand design:Sam’s Choice Honey (Retailer:
Walmart).
In the Redesigned Brand category, Anthem
was awarded Vertex Silver for its private

Dual-shape labels: external and internal die-cutting shape
OMET enables production of labels with double die-cutting shape, without backing removal.
OMET technology and innovation, in
collaboration with the passion and
enthusiasm of Grafiche Amadeo, managed
to elevate the latest OMET installation on a
higher performance level, with the production
of special labels with double die-cutting
shape, without backing removal. This specific
configuration is applied on an 8-colour XFlex
X2 370.
Grafiche Amadeo entered the label business
with the purchase of two OMET narrowweb flexo presses in 3 years. The second
XFlex X2 was equipped with innovative
technical solutions developed on the specific
request of the customer. OMET designed
a tailor-made solution for the production of
dual-shape labels based on the addition of a
die-cutting station in-between the flexo units
and on an accurate use of the glues.
The machine was especially designed with
a particular layout that enables the removal
of the internal part of the label, by cutting
and removing it before the stripping unit. The
die-cutting unit installed in-between the last 2

printing groups cuts the shape meant to be
removed, without touching the backing, thus
preventing the support from being punched,
as it usually happens.
Andrea Delfino, Responsible for label sector
at Grafiche Amadeo, explains: “After the
cutting process, we use a Cold Foil and
a flexo unit to apply a layer of UV glue on
the shape already die-cut, to facilitate its
removal. The label and the filmic substrate
are coupled by mean of a nip roll, the UV
lamp activates the glue and the removable
shape sticks to the plastic film that strips
it away. The following steps consist in
traditional die-cutting process and matrix
rewinding to obtain a special label with both
internal and external die-cutting shapes.
Mr. Delfino continues: “Thanks to OMET
technology implemented on XFlex X2 and to
a wise substrate handling, the working speed
of this press can reach 130 m/min”. The
application of a layer of glue killer under the
shape to be removed is a crucial step for the
success of the entire job. When the adhesive

material is separated from the backing, this
particular substance is spread onto the area
corresponding to the removable shape,
weakening the strength of the glue in order
to facilitate the stripping process. Without
this special glue killer, the maximum printing
speed would be dramatically slower.
OMET had already integrated this special
configuration with the die-cutting unit inbetween two printing groups on an XFlex
X6, fully automatic and high-performance
machine. Yet, Grafiche Amadeo’s X2 is
the first machine to implement this very
application on a completely mechanical
platform.

The dates for Interpack 2020 have been set
Following the Düsseldorf trade fair cycle, the
next interpack at the Düsseldorf Exhibition
Centre will be held in three years’ time, from
7 to 13 May 2020. The last interpack, which
took place in May this year and attracted
2,865 exhibitors and 170,500 visitors, met
with a highly positive response among the
companies that came. Exhibitors praised,
above all, the quality of the German and
international visitors and their strikingly high
willingness to place orders. A number of
firms said they had never received so many
specific orders during a trade fair before.
By the year 2030 Messe Düsseldorf will
have invested a total of EUR 636 million
from its own funds in the expansion and
modernisation of the exhibition centre. One
milestone to welcome exhibitors and visitors
at interpack 2020 will be the completely
redesigned South Entrance and a new Hall
1. The new building will replace the former
Halls 1 and 2 in summer 2019, buildings
whose basic substance dates back to the

1970s. The new Hall 1 will have a capacity
of 12,025 square metres, so that interpack
2020 will have just over 550 additional square
metres of hall space compared with the
previous facilities. In addition to a new Hall
1, the new complex will have a foyer directly
outside, about 2,100 square metres in size,
with a 17-metre (56-foot) steeply pointed
canopy made from translucent glass fibre
fabric with integrated LED lighting. It will
have six meeting rooms and direct access to
Congress Centre Süd.
The suppliers’ trade fair components –
special trade fair by interpack will run

completely in parallel with interpack again
in 2020 and will be held at a central location
within the exhibition centre. This idea met
with a highly positive response among this
year’s exhibitors, so that expansion options
are now being explored for 2020.
Any companies wanting to exhibit at either
interpack or components in 2020, can
register at a much earlier stage this time – at
the end of 2017. The official closing date
will be sometime in spring 2019, and the
precise details will be announced by Messe
Düsseldorf in due course.

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signage
printing

SAi celebrates the 25th anniversary of its
flagship Flexi signmaking software
Seminar attendees have the chance to win a three-month or lifetime software license of their choice
SA International (SAi), provider of solutions
for the professional signmaking, large format
digital printing and CAD/CAM for CNC
machining industries, is set to offer visitors
special at-show promotions of up to 50% on
its foremost software packages at Serigrafia
SIGN FutureTEXTIL (12-15 July).
As provider of advanced sign & display
software solutions, SAi’s technologies are
central to the production of a vast gamut of
applications, including premium signage,
visually-striking textiles and intricate
woodworking.

applications prior to cutting, EnRoute allows
companies to reduce their turnaround times
while propelling their production time.
Visitors to the event would explore how
to enhance their competitive edge with
advanced drawing and manufacturing
techniques for vinyl trimming; eliminate timeconsuming errors with cutting-edge contour
cutting for plotters; master productivity tips
and tricks for high-quality textile, solvent,
UV or latex applications at a competitive

rate; learn how to streamline workflow with
minimum investment; discover businessenhancing capabilities of next-generation
colour management systems; and expand
their business offering with 2D and 3D design
and output solutions.
Those attending an SAi seminar will also be
entered into a raffle to win a three-month or
lifetime software license of their choice. The
winners will be announced on 15th July.

The company’s portfolio includes a
comprehensive design, RIP, vinyl cut and
print and cut package, SAi Flexi. Celebrating
its 25th anniversary, SAi Flexi offers a host of
benefits including seamless design-to-output
workflow, optimized material usages and
supreme quality, providing customers with
lower production costs and improved profit
margins.
Also on display will be the company’s
dedicated textile solution, FlexiTEXTILE
PRO along with its updated EnRoute CAD/
CAM software for CNC machining. With the
capability to incorporate rendered surfaces to

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